It should be a battle of ideas, not insults,
H&N letter by Donald Crawford, Klamath Falls
4/13/16. "Thank you, Doug and Gail, for for
standing tall in the saddle...The Democrat and
liberal Republican throwback politicians,
winners and wannabes screamed and kicked up old
political dust and musk...They had six months to
file for the primary election."

Local leaders upset over dam removal, H&N 2/10/16. "
'There’s
no need for the dams to be removed,' Criss said.
'I see no benefit to Klamath Basin agriculture
because it takes away water storage and replaces
it with no water storage.' " "Oregon Rep. Gail
Whitsett, R-Klamath Falls, said she believes the
decision about whether the dams should be
removed belongs with FERC. 'To turn it over to
FERC is the right path, versus deciding
politically whether to do that.' ”

Fuel standards opposed by Rep. Gail
Whitsett;
Representative said the standards will
profoundly affect rural Oregonians,
H&N, posted to KBC 9/18/14. "if
the new standards go into effect, nearly
30,000 jobs will be lost, and Oregonians
could pay more than $1 per gallon in
additional gas taxes...a bill or executive
decision by Gov. John Kitzhaber to ban lead
bullets may be in the state’s future.
Whitsett said lead is already banned from
use in waterfowl hunting...if a bill to ban
lead bullets is introduced in the 2015
legislative session, she plans to introduce
a bill protecting citizens’ rights to use
them."

Water Interference Bill, legislative update
by Oregon Rep Gail Whitsett, posted to
KBC 2/21/14. "....Over
130 Klamath Basin farmers and ranchers have
been threatened by the OWRD to have their
irrigation ground water wells shut down as
soon as April 2014. This is in addition to
the same ranches having all of their surface
water called on, and shut off, by the
Klamath Tribes (as the newly adjudicated
senior water right holder) and the OWRD in
2013. The adjudication provides absolutely
no direct statutory control over ground
water, but the OWRD is trying to tie the two
water sources (ground and surface) together
in an attempt to gain control over all of
the ranch and farm lands (through their
water) in certain areas of the Basin,
without going through the process of
defining a “Critical Groundwater Area”. OWRD
does not want to go through this process as
there really is not a shortage of ground
water in this region..."

< Oregon
Senator Doug Whitsett and Rep. Gail Whitsett
Science of shutoffs,
well water monitoring law aims to clarify
ownership,
H&N 2/7/14. “We
fully support the OWRD authority to regulate
wells that are materially interfering with
senior water rights. However, we believe the
state should be required to prove that the
use of irrigation wells is materially and
measurably harming a water right holder with
a superior priority date,” Gail Whitsett
said."

State lawmakers confer in three-day session;
Gail Whitsett in favor of independent OIT board. U.S. Rep Greg Walden
addresses water quality rules. Klamath Tribes chairman Don Gentry visits
White House, H&N 11/22/13.
“President Obama has committed to following through with obligations to
tribes and to honor treaties,” Gentry said. During the conference, Gentry
spoke about the Mazama Forest acquisition at an economic tribal development
breakout session. He said the session was an opportunity to open a dialogue
about generating support and finding administrative consultants for the
90,000-acre acquisition, which is part of the Klamath Basin Restoration
Agreement signed in 2010."

Legislative update from
Oregon Rep Gail Whitsett 6/30/13."That
further Ninth Circuit ruling limited the amount of Tribal water to the
amount of water that was being used for a moderate living standard by the
Tribes at the time the reservation was sold to the federal government. In
complete contradiction to that ruling, the Department determined that the
Tribes were entitled to virtually all of the water in most of the
tributaries to Upper Klamath Lake for the purpose of hunting, fishing and
gathering, thus overturning the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling."

Oregon Legislative Update, Representative Gail Whitsett, House District 56, 3/5/13."HB 3200...would ban many semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity gun magazines"
"Prohibits Water Resources Department collection of periodic or recurring fee or charge pertaining to well allowing ground water use for single or group domestic purposes"

Nov
6,
2012
Gail
Whitsett
wins
Oregon
State
Representative
District
56
seat
with
97%
of
the
total
votes
cast
in
the
2012
general
election
on
Tuesday. Gail
is
the
first
woman
from
the
Klamath
Basin
to
be
elected
to
the
legislature,
on
this
the
100th
anniversary
of
women's
right
to
vote
in
Oregon.
They
will
be
the
only
husband
and
wife
legislators
in
Salem
this
session.

Third
term
State
Senator
Doug
Whitsett
wins
his
five
county
District
28
with
98%
of
the
total
votes
cast
in
the
Nov
6,
2012
general
election
on
Tuesday
evening.

Gail Whitsett beats Tracey Liskey to take District 56 seat in House, H&N 5/16/12. “I’m trying to get private industry back into Klamath and Lake counties, utilizing natural resources like geothermal and forests,” she said. “Education is also on the top of my list...Whitsett is against the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement."<Doug and Gail Whitsett read congratulatory text message during election party at Yesterday's Plaza

Gail Whitsett, candidate for Oregon State Representative, sets the record straight:"In regards to recent accusations, I have made NO telephone calls, nor has anyone in my campaign made ANY calls regarding my opponent Tracey Liskey, on any subject. If people or groups are making calls as their own group, it is not with my knowledge of the calls' content, nor at my request. I have not used his name negatively in any of my venues; not in ads, not in mailers, nor in the newspaper and have always asked everyone to please keep the campaign positive."

I can hit the ground running in Salem, H&N letter by Gail Whitsett, candidate for Oregon State Representative 5/4/12.5/4/12. "There is still so much to be done, including retaining private businesses in our state and recruiting additional large and small businesses to create jobs that provide the revenue stream to pay for our schools, roads, and essential services..."

Gail Whitsett is right for the job, H&N by Bill Kennedy 4/19/12. "Gail Whitsett is effective and engaged in the state Legislature. Gail knows the ins and outs of the legislativeprocess. She is up and running, ready for the office she is running for. She is the right woman for the job...While her opponent has talked of expanding our tax base, making a “bigger pie,” his other hand is promoting the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, a federalization of our Klamath Basin that reduces taxable, private land holdings. You cannot have it both ways. More federal jobs, more federal regulations, more federal land holdings means less tax base."

Candidates say jobs are the top
priority, H&N, posted to KBC
4/7/12: State House District 56,
candidates Gail Whitsett and Tracey
Liskey
Q - How do you respond when
challenged?
Q - What impact can you have on
natural resources?
Q - Spouses serving together
discussed
Q - How are you different from each
other?

Sage grouse
listing would destroy (livestock) industry, H&N letter
by Gail Whitsett 1/20/12. "Multi-millions
of public acres in 10 states, including Oregon, may become
useless if the potential ESA-listed sage grouse habitat is
determined to be impacted by the influence of controlled
cattle grazing...Cattle
remain Klamath and Lake counties’ largest agricultural
commodity...Sage
grouse listing will do to Oregon agriculture what the
spotted owl did to the timber industry and the fisheries
biological opinions have done to the Klamath Basin’s
economy."